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[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey

Aquila, I stepped away from this post confused about your thoughts towards homosexuality. I'm sorry you don't see it helpful to voice our opinions about television shows, particularly ones that are advocating a worldview and lifestyle that is presently not the norm in this society.

Homosexuality has always been with us. It's just a subculture in our society. Homosexuals have faced a lot of abuse and part of that is what is causing them to push so hard for acceptance. As for my personal feelings about homosexuality - I'll discuss it in PM but not openly because my thoughts are a little different from the position taken by the forum and I want to respect the rules of the forum because I truly love this forum.

The principle to keep in mind is that if it isn’t harming another or tearing God down from being our Savior, it is permissible. That's awfully broad. Is that a Christian idea, or a libertarian idea?

Jesus said,

" 37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38This is the first and great commandment.
39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." - Matthew 22:37-40

Laws given by God are not predicated upon the notion that God finds something gross. God's laws are specifically inclined to insure that God remains preeminent as Savior and that human beings don't abuse each other. If someone acknowledges Christ as Savior and lives a life that isn't harming another they do well.

This post is encouraging people not to watch the program. We are not discussing it (which is what internet forums do) and I'm confused where some in this forum stand on these issues. They talk out of both sides of their mouth. Sorry bro. Respect your opinions on many issues, but I'm a little surprised here.

Honestly, I understand where you're coming from. However, stop for a moment and think... many of us have studied the issues and spent much time in prayer about them. We've studied the interpretations and based on our personal experience with God we've embraced whatever interpretation we feels expresses His nature best without doing violence to what we know about Him personally. God is gracious and merciful, patient and long suffering. Yes, he is also a judge... however an in depth study of Scripture will show that God isn't so much concerned about some issues as we are. In fact, God has been very permissible to mankind. The various forms of marriage in the Bible illustrate this well.